Guide to Creating & Managing GPG Keys 🔑

See how to create, edit, revoke, export, backup and restore a GPG key pair.

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Timestamps:

0:00 -- What we're going to cover in this video
0:47 -- Using your gpg key for encrypting files, signing commits and password managers
1:58 -- Installing the gpg command line tool
2:27 -- Customizing your gnupg home directory (only for the sake of this video)
3:18 -- Checking to see if you already have a gpg key pair
3:52 -- Generating a secure gpg key pair with an expiration date
7:56 -- Editing your key, specifically updating your expiration date
10:13 -- Changing your gpg passphrase and keeping it safe
11:35 -- Creating a revoke certificate to maybe revoke your key pair on demand
16:34 -- Backing up and restoring your key pair and associated files
18:09 -- Exporting your gpg public key so you can share it with others
19:51 -- Configuring your gpg agent to cache your passphrase for a week
21:42 -- Recap

Cheatsheet:

http://nickjanetakis.com/blog/creating-and-managing-a-gpg-key-pair#cheatsheet

Reference links:

https://www.passwordstore.org/

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